LHGM's New Block Machine Builds Homes and Hope | 新希望新事工——壓磚機鑄造新的家與希望

The most important lesson we have learned in our 30 years of ministry and serving others, is the absolute knowing that If God takes us there, He will provide all we need. He brings loving hearts to partner with us to use their gifts and talents to bring sustainable solutions to problems that seem too high to reach.  

We would like to share how God brought a willing heart to make a life changing difference in the lives of our dear friends who suffer from the life challenges of impoverishment. Severe poverty can rob deserving people of the ability to provide a safe home for their families. Stick and mud homes over time become brittle and cannot hold up to the elements. Storms come and leave families homeless.

One of God’s willing hearts works as a metalsmith and learned about an opportunity to build a metal block machine that uses 90% dirt and 10% concrete.  His desire was to serve God and listened to His call to use his abilities to change lives. This amazing gift brings the ability for severely impoverished families to have a strong and safe home, something they could have never dreamed possible.  This man, along with his group of friends built this amazing block machine and donated it to our ministry. We shipped the machine to Honduras and to our missionaries who serve the Tolupan.  

We are so excited to share this amazing gift and photos of our first blocks that have been built.  In a few months, we’ll be able to share the wonderful homes that are built with this machine. The joyful hearts as they labor and build a safe and strong home. They can access dirt easily and with our help, they can buy a small amount of concrete to be able to use the block machine and one by one, build their family a home. It is our prayer that in this joyful experience, they will see the never-ending love of God and how He provides for their needs.

We are blessed to experience and share the joy of these families and we would like to honor the loving heart who listened to God’s call and said, “yes Lord, I’m willing”. This group is now working on a second block machine.  We have an opportunity to multiply this blessing many times over and serve so many more impoverished families in every impoverished country we serve.  If you would like to contribute to this program to help with the cost of building future metal block machines, bags of concrete for families and shipping expenses to send the machine to impoverished countries, we invite you to our website to donate under the ‘Build a Safe Home’ program link.

This blessing gives so much more than a strong home, it gives the family the pride of providing for themselves. Poverty robs people of dignity and Hope, but God answers prayer and gives us daily miracles, if we as believers just take a minute to listen to His call.  If He takes you there, He will provide all you need.

Someone, somewhere is waiting for you.

我們在過去30多年的事工和服事中所學到的最重要的一課是：我們已經完全相信，只要神帶領我們到那個地方，祂會供應我們所需的一切。祂會帶領愛主的並有愛心的人與我們攜手同工，我們一起使用神給我們的恩賜和能力，為那些看似無解的難題帶去可持續的解決方案。

我們這次分享的是神如何帶領一顆樂意奉獻的心，為那些飽經貧困之苦的人們帶去生命的改變。在我們幫助的Langue地區，當地的居民用樹枝和泥巴糊就的小泥屋很容易坍塌，一場暴雨就會讓泥屋歸於無有，而他們瞬間無家可歸。有一位來自的美國的基督徒鐵匠渴望事奉神，願意聽從神的呼召，擺上自己的才幹。他建造了一種手工金屬壓磚機。該機器使用90%砂土和10%混凝土就可以做磚。這個機器可以幫助極度貧困的家庭有能力自己建造一個堅固安全的房子，而這是他們從前無法想象的。鐵匠和他的朋友們組裝了這個壓磚機，捐贈給我們。我們將機器運到洪都拉斯，交給了服事印第安部落Tolupan的本地宣教士。

我們迫不及待地與您分享，看看這個神奇的壓磚機，以及我們手工壓制的第一批磚的照片。相信幾個月後，我們就可以與您再次分享使用這些磚建造的安全堅固的房子的照片，以及他們建造這樣一個美好家園時的喜悅之情。他們那裡到處都有砂土，加上我們提供的一小部分混凝土，一步一步地，他們就可以自己建造家園。我們的禱告是，藉著這個喜悅的過程，讓他們看到神無盡的愛，以及神豐富的供應。

我們很感恩能夠經歷這些並與您分享這些家庭的喜悅，我們也致敬那些聽到神的呼召就回應說我願意的弟兄姊妹們！鐵匠團隊現在正在製作第二台壓磚機。我們現在有機會可以使得這個祝福倍增，去幫助更多的貧困的家庭。您可以捐款製造壓磚機、購買混凝土或運輸費用等等。您可以在我們的網站點擊 「Build a Safe Home」 項目鏈接來捐款。

這份祝福帶給貧困家庭的不僅僅是一個堅固安全的房子，更重要的是讓他們體會自己建造自己家園的自豪感。貧窮會剝奪人的尊嚴和希望，但神聽我們的禱告，每天都有神跡，只要我們願意花一分鐘的時間來傾聽祂的呼召！如果祂把你帶到那裡，祂會提供你所需要的一切。

遠方有人正在等待著你的幫助！